Example sentences of "was often [verb] that " in BNC.

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1	He explained the detailed attention which was paid to the background of a child appearing before the Panel and pointed out that it was often revealed that the children concerned came from large families , which were poor and in which there was an absence of adult male guidance .
2	With regard to the first , it was often argued that Afro-Caribbean family and child-rearing patterns harmed the intellectual and educational development of black children , but the misleading assumptions about these patterns and consequences have now been effectively contested ( Cross , 1978 ; Reeves and Chevannes , 1983 ) .
3	In the 1960s , for example , it was often argued that the prospects of developing a car industry in Latin America were poor because the small size of the local market meant that small local plants could never compete on cost with imported cars .
4	In years to come Karelius was often to reflect that this was the first time he had heard mention of the man whose destiny was to be so closely entwined with his own .
5	It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership .
6	For example , it was often said that the sky was full of stars .
7	In the past , it was often assumed that all babies who could not tolerate milk were lactase-deficient , and this idea is still current in some quarters .
8	It was often assumed that the ‘ natives ’ were unable to protect themselves from dangerous animals , thus justifying the intervention of the white man with his rifle .
9	In the early days of Everyday Electronics it was often suggested that it was a good idea to double-up on the cheaper components when buying a set of components for a project .
10	It was often rumoured that Ceauşescu intended the palace to be not only his home and the centre of his power , but also his mausoleum .

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